Labcyte, Inc.

Patents issued for acoustics to manipulate liquids

Published in Medical Patent Business Week, July 9th, 2004

Labcyte, Inc., (formerly Picoliter, Inc.) announced patents that extend its intellectual property for using focused acoustics to manipulate liquids for a variety of life science applications.

These patents describe dispensing picoliter droplets to produce high density arrays on porous surfaces, as well as the use of focused acoustics to transfer solutions such as MALDI matrix and to introduce samples into microfluidic devices.

U.S. patent 6,707,038, entitled "Method and System Using Acoustic Ejection for Selective Fluid Deposition on a Nonuniform Sample Surface," describes technology Labcyte believes will be important in the emerging field of tissue...

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Source: Medical Patent Business Week (2004-07-09)

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